Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§151 Deposits in Bank by Disbursing Agents
Title 25 › CHAPTER 4 — PERFORMANCE BY UNITED STATES OF OBLIGATIONS TO INDIANS › SUBCHAPTER III — DEPOSIT, CARE, AND INVESTMENT OF INDIAN MONEYS › § 151
Summary
An Indian agent, superintendent, or other disbursing agent for the Indian Service may put Indian money they hold—whether for an individual or a tribe—into any national bank or banks they choose. Before any deposit, the chosen bank(s) must give the agent a bond with an approved surety in an amount that protects the funds, and the Secretary of the Interior must approve that bond.
Full Legal Text
Title 25, §151
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Any United States Indian agent, superintendent, or other disbursing agent of the Indian Service may deposit Indian moneys, individual or tribal, coming into his hands as custodian, in such national bank or banks as he may select: Provided, That the bank or banks so selected by him shall first execute to said disbursing agent a bond, with approved surety, in such an amount as will properly safeguard the funds to be deposited. Such bond shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.
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Editorial Notes
Codification This section is also set out in the last two provisos of section 372 of this title.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Indian AgentsThe services of Indian agents have been dispensed with. See note set out under section 64 of this title.
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
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Transfer of Functions
of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Transfer of disbursement functions of all Government agencies with certain exceptions to the Fiscal Service, Treasury Department, see note set out under section 53 of this title.
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25 U.S.C. § 151
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102